Lifepointe Kansas City

TODAY’S SERMON NOTES    ROMANS 5:17 AMP For if because of one man’s trespass (Adam’s original lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing GRACE (unmerited favor) and the free GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS [putting them into right standing with Himself] REIGN AS KINGS IN LIFE through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).   CONSIDER THE QUESTION: If God delegated His rule on earth to His people, and His people are delinquent to those responsibilities, how much pain and sorrow have we unduly endured? How much of our understanding of God has been skewed?   WHAT IS SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY? The responsibility to rightfully govern and enforce justice.   WHAT DO WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER?  Ask the question, “What did Jesus demonstrate authority over?” DEMONS SICKNESS & DISEASE NATURAL RESOURCES (BREAD, FISH, WINE, FINANCES) INANIMATE OJBECTS (FIG TREE) PHYSICAL THREATS (TERROR, NATURAL DISASTERS) ANYTHING WE ARE REDEEMED FROM (DUET 2